Why So Many Earthquakes Lately?
Why has the San Diego region experienced so many earthquakes lately? KPBSSanDiego speaks to a seismologist from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography about what's causing all the recent quakes.From...
View ArticleJapan Earthquake: Magnitude 8.9
From cnn.com:The most powerful earthquake to hit Japan in at least 100 years struck offshore the island nation on Friday, collapsing buildings, touching off widespread fires and unleashing walls of...
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Current Tsunami Warning for United States West Coast
This map also shows the current tsunami warning (red) and advisory (orange) for the west coast of N. America:Image courtesy of NOAA.
View ArticleRecent Earthquake Teachable Moments
IRIS, the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, maintains images, maps, and other information in downloadable powerpoint slide presentations. This presents a great, quick way to learn...
View ArticleHow to help the victims of the Japan earthquake
A powerful 8.9 earthquake shook Japan at 2:46 pm on Friday, the strongest earthquake ever recorded in its history. It's the fifth-largest earthquake ever recorded.Striking off of Honshu, Japan's most...
View ArticleJapan Earthquake: before and after
ABC News and Google have teamed up to show aerial photos taken over Japan. These photos reveal the scale of devastation across dozens of suburbs and tens of thousands of homes and businesses.Hover...
View ArticleJapanese Radiation Readings
With all the uncertainty and doomsday-scenario talk we've been getting on the news, it's sometimes informative to step back and put things in perspective.First, let's talk about bananas. The average...
View ArticleBreaking News: Section Of Hwy 1 Falls Into Ocean
From KSBW, a 0 foot section of Highway 1 near Big Sur fell into the ocean:A stretch of coastal highway is closed indefinitely after a chunk of it fell into the Pacific Ocean. A 40-foot section of...
View ArticleKansas City Star: Tornado response shows it's time to re-think the way we run...
An editorial in the Kansas City Star yesterday makes some interesting points about responding to short-term disasters, preparing for long-term disasters, and problem of money.... it hardly requires an...
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DIY Levees
Rising river response: Citizens in Flood Zone Build Homemade Levees to Protect Their Homes.All of that water pouring out of spillways and topping levees up and down the Mississippi River has to go...
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